DZ has had a “Eureka” moment. It has
come to him like a blinding flash what is at the top of the massive list of
things that is wrong with appraisal. It’s so simple!
Imagine for a moment that in the
recruitment process it was acceptable for candidates to write their own
reference. I think most people can see what would be wrong with that.
So why is it considered OK that we fill
in our own appraisal form? Just maybe there might be a little bias and exaggeration
involved, and a little filtering possibly?
When it comes to colleague feedback
might we just ask people we get on with, or have a little dirt on, and exclude
that vascular surgeon you called a cunt.
And patient feedback. Might we just ask
those we know like us? And exclude that guy whose young wife we comforted while
he was in hospital?
And when it comes to the appraisal form
itself do you suppose it’s possible that that too is bordering on a work of
fiction? Is it possible that those patients you misdiagnosed, screwed up, swindled,
fucked or killed don’t get a mention?
Surely not! Surely an organisation such as the GMC must have thought of that?
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